Category: Delta

Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras

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Authors: Yan Xie, Ph.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-9382, Taeyoung Choi, M.S., and Ziyad Al-Aly, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0434, N Engl J Med 2024;391:515-525, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2403211, VOL. 391 NO. 6 Abstract Background Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can affect many organ systems. However, temporal…[...]

5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

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By  LAURAN NEERGAARD, and MIKE STOBBE Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name,…[...]

Two COVID Variants Just Combined Into a ‘Frankenstein’ Virus

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Authors: David Axe Published  Apr. 07, 2022 4:49AM ET  The first subvariant of Omicron, the latest major variant of the novel coronavirus, was bad. BA.1 drove record cases and hospitalizations in many countries starting…[...]

They’re called mild cases. But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.

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Authors: Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post Aug. 31, 2021 Andrew Kinsey knew that even after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, there was a chance he could still fall ill with…[...]